Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Solasta: Crown of the Magister – Design a Weapon

If you’d like to leave your mark on Tactical Adventures’ upcoming D&D-based CRPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister, you can now participate in an official contest that lets you try your hand at designing a magic weapon that will appear…

Vaporum: Lockdown Release Postponed

Vaporum: Lockdown, a standalone prequel to Fatbot Games’ steampunk dungeon crawler Vaporum, was originally supposed to go live sometime in the first quarter of 2020. However, this recent Steam announcement lets us know that Lockdown’s release had to be pushed…

Remnant: From the Ashes Physical Edition Available

If you’re someone who still prefers to buy physical copies of video games, and you think you might enjoy a multiplayer-focused survival shooter with some RPG elements right about now, then you’ll be pleased to learn that you should now…

Wasteland 3 Backer Beta Live, Previews

The latest Fig update for inXile Entertainment’s post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3 lets us know that the long-awaited backer beta is now live. So, if you’re one of Wasteland 3’s backers, you can now play through the game’s opening section and…

New World Developer Diary and Community Letter

With the closed alpha for Amazon Game Studios’ upcoming MMORPG New World in full swing, we get this letter to the community where the game’s developers talk about their recent progress and outline some of New World’s key systems and…

GOG.COM Spring Sale Live, Headlined by XCOM 2

If, for some unspecified reason, you’re currently looking to expand your gaming library, you should direct your attention to GOG.com as they’re now running their seasonal Spring Sale. During this sale, you can pick up a good number of heavily…

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem – Plans for the Future

Roughly a month after Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem left early access, the game’s developers bring us this Steam announcement where they discuss their future plans for the hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG. In short, these plans now include roughly four months…

Wasteland Remastered Reviews

InXile Entertainment and Krome Studios released Wasteland Remastered a few weeks ago. But even with all the latest quality of life improvements, reviewing this venerable post-apocalyptic RPGs has proven to be quite a daunting task. Still, you can find links…

Kevin Saunders Interview, Part 1 – Matt Chat

Kevin Saunders, a veteran designer who you may know for his work on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords, Alpha Protocol, Wasteland 2, Torment: Tides of Numenera and other prominent RPGs is the latest…